Antibiotics — Flashcards

Flashcard 891: Which macrolide antibiotic is embryotoxic?_____

Answer: Clarithromycin

Flashcard 892: _____ are protein synthesis inhibitors that bind to the 30s subunit and can be used in the treatment of acne.

Answer: Tetracyclines

Flashcard 893: Is Vancomycin susceptible to beta-lactamases?

Answer: No (it is not a beta-lactam)

Extra: Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic. Since it lacks a beta-lactam ring, it is not susceptible to hydrolysis by beta-lactamases. It inhibits cell wall synthesis by binding to the D-Ala-D-Ala terminus of peptidoglycan precursors.

Flashcard 894: What is one specific gram negative rod monobactams treat?_____

Answer: Pseudomonas

Flashcard 895: Macrolides can be used to treat Pertussis as long as it is still in the _____ phase

Answer: catarrhal

Flashcard 896: What antibiotics (2) are used to treat hepatic encephalopathy? _____

Answer: rifaximin and neomycin

Flashcard 897: Rifabutin _____ cytochrome p450 (induces or inhibits)

Answer: induces

Flashcard 898: Which class of antibiotics are teratogenic, causing deafness in newborns?_____

Answer: Aminoglycosides

Flashcard 899: Which antibiotics can result in acute cholestatic hepatitis?_____

Answer: Macrolides (-thromycin)

Flashcard 900: What antibiotic can increase risk for serotonin syndrome? _____

Answer: Linezolid